# 2020–21 Chittagong Abahani season

The 2020–21 season was the Chittagong Abahani's 41st season since its establishment in 1980 and their 11th season in the Bangladesh Premier League. This also remarked their 7th consecutive season in the top flight after getting promoted in 2014. In addition to domestic league, Ctg Abahani participated on this season's edition of Federation Cup. The season covered the period from December 2020 to September 2021, with the late ending to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.
On 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until March 31 as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. So beginning of this season was delayed.

## Season review
### Pre-season

Before starting the season, Chittagong Abahani decided to renew the contract of head coach Maruful Haque.
Team management was planning to bring some changes in local player collection & retain foreign players. Nigerian forward Matthew Chinedu left the club in August to join cypriot club Ypsonas FC. Uzbek defender Shukurali Pulatov also joined Uzbek club FC Turon in September. However, they both rejoined Ctg Abahani in December.
The official announcements of contracts, signings and camp scheduling was delayed as the vice-president & football committee chairman of the club, Tarafder Ruhul Amin, was sick till early November.
In November, it was announced that veteran goalkeeper Mazharul Islam Himel has signed for Ctg Abahani, replacing Mohammad Nehal as team management didn’t renewed the contract with Nehal.

## Players

Chittagong Abahani Ltd. squad for 2020–21 season.
    As of 19 April 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BAN | Mohammad Rockey |
| 3 | DF | BAN | Shawkat Russel |
| 4 | MF | BAN | Manik Hossain Molla |
| 5 | DF | BAN | Monjurur Rahman Manik |
| 6 | DF | BAN | Nasirul Islam Nasir (3rd captain) |
| 7 | MF | BAN | Rakib Hossain |
| 8 | MF | CIV | Kpehi Didier Brossou (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Nixon Guylherme |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Matthew Chinedu |
| 11 | MF | BAN | Mohammad Shohel Rana |
| 12 | MF | BAN | Koushik Barua |
| 14 | MF | BAN | Monaem Khan Raju (Vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | BAN | Shafiqul Islam Bipul |
| 16 | MF | BAN | Saker Ullah |
| 17 | MF | BAN | Mannaf Rabby |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BAN | Zahid Parvez Chowdhury |
| 19 | MF | BAN | Kawsar Ali Rabbi |
| 20 | FW | BAN | Shakhawat Hossain Rony |
| 21 | DF | BAN | Ashik Ahammed |
| 22 | GK | BAN | Azad Hossain |
| 23 | DF | BAN | Monir Alam |
| 25 | DF | UZB | Shukurali Pulatov |
| 26 | DF | BAN | Saddam Hossain Anny |
| 28 | MF | BAN | Mynul Islam |
| 32 | DF | BAN | Rashed Hossain |
| 33 | GK | BAN | Mohammad Nayeem |
| 35 | DF | BAN | Apu Ahammad |
| 40 | GK | BAN | Nasarul Islam |
| 44 | GK | BAN | Minhaz Uddin Chaudhury |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Previous club | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Mazharul Islam Himel | Dhaka Mohammedan | Free transfer | 24 November 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Matthew Chinedu | Ypsonas FC | Free transfer | 1 December 2020 |
| 25 | DF | Shukurali Pulatov | FC Turon | Free transfer | 1 December 2020 |
| 44 | GK | Minhaz Uddin Chaudhury | Free agent | Free transfer | April 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Matthew Chinedu | Ypsonas FC | Free transfer | 26 August 2020 |
| 25 | DF | Shukurali Pulatov | FC Turon | Free transfer | 1 September 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Mohammad Nehal | Bangladesh Police FC | Free transfer | 3 December 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Mazharul Islam Himel | Free agent | Free transfer | May 2021 |

### Loans out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | On loan till | Source |
| 30 | FW | Shakib Chowdury | Fortis FC | Free | January 2021 | End of the season | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

No pre-season and friendly match has been played.

## Competition
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| BPL | 18 January 2021 | 27 August 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 054.17 |
| Federation Cup | 25 December 2020 | 6 January 2021 | Group Stage | Semifinal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Independence Cup | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 053.57 |
Last updated: 27 August 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Federation Cup
#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bashundhara Kings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Quarter-Finals |
| 2 | Chittagong Abahani | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Quarter-Finals |
| 3 | Rahmatganj MFS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Knockout phase
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Dhaka Abahani (Q) | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Cup qualifying play-offs |
| 4 | Saif Sporting Club | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 44 | |
| 5 | Chittagong Abahani | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 44 | |
| 6 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 43 | |
| 7 | Sheikh Russel KC | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 36 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccer24

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | – | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | - | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | – | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | - | W |
| Position | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | BPL | BPL | Federation Cup | Federation Cup | Independence Cup | Independence Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Mazharul Islam Himel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 2 | DF | | Mohammad Rokey | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| 3 | DF | | Shawkat Russell | 17 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 4 | MF | | Manik Hossain Molla | 20 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| 5 | DF | | Monjurur Rahman Manik | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| 6 | DF | | Nasirul Islam Nasir | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - |
| 7 | MF | | Rakib Hossain | 25 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 2+2 | 1 | - | - |
| 8 | MF | | Kpehi Didier Brossou | 20 | 4 | 15+1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| 9 | FW | | Nixon Guylherme | 25 | 13 | 21+2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 10 | MF | | Matthew Chinedu | 25 | 8 | 23+1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| 11 | MF | | Shohel Rana | 20 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - |
| 12 | MF | | Kawshik Barua | 22 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | - | - |
| 14 | MF | | Monaem Khan Raju | 21 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| 15 | MF | | Shafiqul Islam Bipul | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 16 | MF | | Saker Ullah | 17 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | - | - |
| 17 | MF | | Mannaf Rabby | 25 | 3 | 5+16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 18 | MF | | Zahid Parvez Chowdhury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 19 | MF | | Kawsar Ali Rabbi | 15 | 2 | 3+8 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | - | - |
| 20 | FW | | Shakhawat Hossain Rony | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 21 | DF | | Ashik Ahammed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 22 | GK | | Azad Hossain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 23 | DF | | Monir Alam | 27 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| 25 | DF | | Shukurali Pulatov | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| 26 | DF | | Saddam Hossain Anny | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 28 | MF | | Mynul Islam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 30 | FW | | Shakib Chowdhury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 32 | DF | | Rashed Hossain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 33 | GK | | Mohammad Nayem | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| 35 | DF | | Apu Ahammad | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 40 | GK | | Nasarul Islam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| 44 | GK | | Minhaz Uddin Chowdhury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Last updated: 27 August 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Goalscorers

    As of matches played till 27 August 2021
| Rank | Nat | Player | Position | Total | BPL | Federation Cup | Independence Cup |
| 1 | | Nixon Guylherme | FW | 13 | 12 | 1 | – |
| 2 | | Rakib Hossain | FW | 8 | 7 | 1 | – |
| 2 | | Matthew Chinedu | FW | 8 | 8 | 0 | – |
| 4 | | Didier Brossou | MF | 4 | 4 | 0 | – |
| 5 | | Mannaf Rabby | FW | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 6 | | Kawsar Ali Rabbi | FW | 2 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 7 | | Kawshik Barua | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 7 | | Manik Molla | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 38 | 3 | 0 |

### Assists

    As of matches played till 27 August 2021
| Rank | Nat. | Player | Position | Total | BPL | Federation Cup | Independence Cup |
| 1 | | Rakib Hossain | FW | 6 | 6 | 0 | – |
| 2 | | Didier Brossou | MF | 4 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 3 | | Monaem Khan Raju | MF | 3 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 3 | | Matthew Chinedu | FW | 3 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 3 | | Nixon Guylherme | FW | 3 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 6 | | Mannaf Rabby | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 6 | | Nasirul Islam Nasir | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 6 | | Monir Alam | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6 | | Shohel Rana | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6 | | Mohammad Nayeem | GK | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 6 | | Kawshik Barua | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 22 | 3 | 0 |